Women, Workplace Protest and Political Identity in England, 1968-85 Contributor(s): Moss, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 152614459X ISBN-13: 9781526144591 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $127.50 Product Type: Other - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
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BISAC Categories: - History | Women - History | Social History - History | Europe - Great Britain - 20th Century |
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Publisher Description: This book draws upon original research into women's workplace protest to deliver a new account of working-class women's political identity and participation in post-war England. Focusing on the voices and experiences of women who fought for equal pay, skill recognition and the right to work between 1968 and 1985, it explores why working-class women engaged in such action when they did, and it analyses the impact of workplace protest on women's political identity. A combination of oral history and written sources are used to illuminate how everyday experiences of gender and class antagonism shaped working-class women's political identity and participation. The book contributes a fresh understanding of the relationship between feminism, workplace activism and trade unionism during the years 1968-1985. |